For over fifty years, The Aquarian Minyan has been a pioneering model of Jewish Renewal. It was established with the goal to “renew the old and make holy the new” (Rav Kook). As an egalitarian community we believe that each of us can be a vehicle for the Light and that we all are holy teachers and holy students in different ways and at different times. By revitalizing prayer, rituals and teachings, we have endeavored to provide a spiritually alive Jewish home for souls to evolve and be nurtured. We welcome all to join us in celebration, learning and blessing.

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AQUARIAN MINYAN YESHIVA

offers a rich variety of adult Jewish education.

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This Week’s Torah Reading

This week’s Parsha is Yisro Exodus 18:1-20:23 | Haftarah Isaiah 6:1-7:6, 9:5-6

Featured Events

Annual Meeting

This Sunday, January 11, noon – 3pm

Please join us for our Annual Community Meeting, either in-person at Redwood Gardens, 2951 Derby St, Berkeley or online HERE

In-person: please arrive by noon or earlier to enjoy bagels! shmears! snacks!

Online: Music will start at 12:10pm and the program at 12:15pm

We would appreciate knowing if you plan on coming in-person so we have enough food; RSVP to robertbstang@icloud.com

Book Talk

Tuesday Jan. 20 at 5 PM
 
 

Excavating the BeShT

with Rabbi Diane Eliot
Using Rabbi Burt Jacobson’s remarkable autobiography, Living In the Presence, which draws on the legacy of the Baal Shem Tov, this class teaches how the Jewish Renewal movement grew from Jewish tradition.

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Zionism and Anti Zionism

with Rabbi Dean Kertesz
February 9, 16, 23, March 2, 2026, 12 – 1 PM PST, on Zoom
Zionism and anti-zionism are two sides of the same coin - what a Jewish movement for a homeland is or should be.

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Mussar, Moksha and Beyond

with Jennifer Ganya
February 12, 19, 26, and March 5, 2026 12 – 1 PM PST, on Zoom
Yogic philosophy comes to the Minyan with Jennifer’s teaching from The Gita, Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, and recently translated materials.

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JewiShroom Zoom: Psychedelic Judaism

with Rabbi Paige Lowenstein
February 17, 24, and March 3, 2026, 12 PM PST, on Zoom
Whether you’re an experienced psychonaut or have never even heard that word before, join us to study ancient Jewish texts, and discuss insights from contemporary rabbis.

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